Hanging canvas wall art

Edwardia

In all the photos, pieces of canvas wall art stretched onto wooden frames, appear to be flat against the wall.

Just bought a 60cm x 60cm Monsoon Home 'Tia' piece of wall art from Debenhams. No instructions or advice on how to hang it on wall so that it lays flat were included.

Anyone done this please ?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

As an unexpected breeze from having the front and back door open at the same time resulted in a shearing force sufficient to tear a chunk out of the wall when a small canvas was hung on a small nail, I'd suggest doing it securely.


Small pack of picture brackets, attach to frame, attach to wall.

Secure, level and neater.

littlesnuggy

These are the best way I've found of doing it. Put a standard hook on the wall and attach this to the back top frame of the canvas

http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=516643

Edwardia

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

As an unexpected breeze from having the front and back door open at the same time resulted in a shearing force sufficient to tear a chunk out of the wall when a small canvas was hung on a small nail, I'd suggest doing it securely.


Small pack of picture brackets, attach to frame, attach to wall.

Secure, level and neater.

Blimey Jojo thanks for that, we have screen door so that could happen to us :eek:

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Edwardia wrote: »

Blimey Jojo thanks for that, we have screen door so that could happen to us :eek:

Yes, the Tightfisted Towers' air was glowing cerulean that evening. :whistle:

Avoriaz

What type of walls do you have?

Our previous home was traditional plaster on brick and I used to drill holes and use rawlplugs and screws to hang mirrors, framed pictures etc.

Our current newish house has walls of plasterboard on wooden studs.

I have recently hung three canvas art prints, one very large and two medium size. The medium ones weigh very little and even the very large frame is still very light.

I found that two nails very gently hammered into the plasterboard at a downward angle of about 20 degrees was sufficient. The nails are spaced so they are a few inches in from the sides of the frame. The nails protrude about half the depth of the wooden frame.

The frames are then placed over the nails and flush against the wall. They have been up for over six months and show no sign of moving.

I used a long spirit level to get the nails exactly level.

If you have plaster and brick walls then I would suggest drilling holes and using rawlplugs and screws.

I am an amateur DIYer so I can't guarantee that my methods or advice is sound.

Edwardia

Much of it be horsehair plaster oh joy.. capricious stuff, one minute the sparky is leaning his bodyweight on his DeWalt Professional to make a hole with zero impact, the next OH is wielding a steam stripper and oh dear chunks fall off

With old houses the spirit level approach doesn't work. You spend ten minutes with mug of tea scratching head saying I know the spirit level says it's straight but it doesn't look straight.. and then duh you realise the wall is crooked. If you're unlucky it's not flat either.

pledgeX

I've hung 4 or 5 canvases around my house in the last year. I use something akin to this:
http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=770256

Simply screw the eyelet things into the wooden frame, connect the wire between the two. Stick a single nail or screw in the wall and hang the wire over it. Hey presto, canvas flush against the wall! It's very easy to do and you can adjust it very easily so there's a lot less faff as you don't have to worry about making sure the screw-holes/brackets are aligned and level. You can also move them round easily if you get bored without having to bang extra brackets etc in the wall if they're different sizes.

Only thing I would say about this method is I wouldn't hang anything heavy using it. But all the canvases I have, even A1 sized ones weigh next to nothing due to the light wood frame.

Edwardia

I would use something like that pledgex for a conventional picture but I don't see how you get canvas flat because if you put eyelet screws in frame then the frame isn't flat anymore surely ?

OH is wondering about mirror fittings..

Kiran

If you turn the canvas over and you've got access to the inside of the timber frame then you can fix screw eye on the inside and put picture wire between. Then you need a screw to hang it from. Providing you put the right length picture wire on everything will be hidden behind the picture and it will sit flat against the wall. Using this method will also allow you to tweak it a bit if you'd rather level it by eye than to a bubble

Avoriaz

pledgeX wrote: »

I've hung 4 or 5 canvases around my house in the last year. I use something akin to this:
http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=770256...

That will work but, because canvas art prints are very light, they can easily move due to vibration, a draft etc. The OP may spend a lot of time readjusting her print.

An advantage of the double nail method is that, once you get it level, by spirit level or by eye, it should stay level as it is supported at two points well apart.

Edwardia wrote: »

...With old houses the spirit level approach doesn't work. You spend ten minutes with mug of tea scratching head saying I know the spirit level says it's straight but it doesn't look straight.. and then duh you realise the wall is crooked. If you're unlucky it's not flat either.

With the two nails method, if it looks wrong, just adjust one or other nail until you get it right. Use a spot of filler for any holes in the wrong place.

Is your horsehair plaster still in good condition and not crumbling or flaking?